Everything is designed, from the chair you’re sitting on to the app you use for exercise class to the policy for taking time off from your workplace.
Not everything was designed well or even intentionally, but somewhere, someone(s) made a decision about everything people have put into the world. Their reasons for doing so—the gaps they aimed to fill—varied, but each item ends up as part of an interconnected system.
We’re now in an era where the things we make are altering our relationships with everything—each other, the natural world, and even ourselves—at an alarming rate. A strange time like this calls for some strange ways of thinking so you can reveal issues and opportunities before they come.
How does it work?
The downloadable activity invites you to understand the how and why behind a product or thing; once you see the layers you can start to selectively unsee to reveal new ideas.
The activity is written to be used in the classroom, but it can be done with any group or on one’s own.
Related Resources
Map the Problem Space
Credits
Assembling Tomorrow by Carissa Carter and Scott Doorley
Educator Guide: edited by Jennifer Brown and designed by Lauren Steltzer
Exam Copies for Educators
To request a complimentary examination copy to review for use in your classroom, contact Penguin Random House Education here.
LICENSE: CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHAREALIKE 4.0 INTERNATIONAL